Guardian of Valor

VA OIG Continues Its Fight Against Stolen Valor, Recovering $71k In One Case

September 2, 2018February 25, 2024 guardianofvalor

Rock Island Ill(Courtesy AP) – William Jones said he wanted help with his post-traumatic stress disorder. In 2013, Jones, 86, told officials at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that his disorder stemmed from his service in the Vietnam War, when the AC-130 Spectre gunship he claimed to be on was shot down, according to the U.S. District Attorney’s Office in Rock Island, Illinois. Jones — who had retired from a decades-long stint in the Reserve and National Guard the year prior — said he received a Purple Heart and…

Rowdy J Anderson, The Phony SEAL With The Fake Sniper Wound

September 1, 2018February 28, 2024 guardianofvalor0 comment

Jonathan Wade Short Pleads Guilty To Impersonating An Officer Of The United States

September 1, 2018February 26, 2024 guardianofvalor

Jonathan Wade Short We received an email about this douche-bag from A.V.(we were asked not to name this person, so we are using the same letters the U.S. Attorney did in his release), telling us how he duped her by claiming to be a highly decorated Non-Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Army. A.V. met Short through social media, where he started his claims of being a highly decorated soldier, who had been on multiple deployments and received high military honors (including the Purple Heart). Approximately one month later, when the two…

CPT. John “Funky Cold” Medina Special Forces/Ranger Superhero

September 1, 2018April 23, 2024 guardianofvalor

So here is our latest poser, Edjohn “John” Derrick Medina, or as one of our admins named him “Funky Cold Medina”. It seems Edjohn tried several times to enlist in the US Army but was unsuccessful. So instead of trying again, he figured he would just award himself the rank of Captain, and give himself a Ranger and an SF tab. We tried to contact him several times and give him a chance to explain to us why, but of course, he never responded. Also he awarded himself a CIB,…

Michael Lattea, Founder Of Ruck For Warriors, Lies About Service And Commits Fraud(UPDATED) – Guardian Of Valor

September 1, 2018 guardianofvalor

UPDATE 20160405 Tampa Florida – Once again Lattea has shown his face in the Veteran community. He moved to Tampa and started a contracting business called Contracting Services by Veterans. He stayed under the radar for awhile, that is until he offered a Veteran a job and failed to follow through. He also opened a Facebook page for his business, thinking this would boost it and posted at the top that it was Veteran owned and operated. It wasn’t long before he started asking for money through gofundmes again, for…